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Publisher's Summary

When Isabelle Poole meets Dr. Preston Grind, she's just about out of options. She recently graduated from high school and is pregnant with her art teacher's baby. Her mother is dead, and her father is a drunk. The art teacher is too much of a head case to help raise the child. Izzy knows she can be a good mother, but without any money or prospects she's left searching.

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Not as good as The Family Fang but still worth...

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Interesting but not filled out enough

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A)The narrator had a strange quality to the way she read. It felt super intense at times even when nothing intense was happening. It wasn't bad enough to ruin the experience. Just strange. B)As a sociology/psychology major, I found it interesting but parts of the book dragged and other parts felt rushed. The end came too quickly and finished up too neatly. Overall not bad though.